All Screwed Up (Tutto a posto e niente in ordine) by Lina Wertmüller
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All Screwed Up
Tutto a posto e niente in ordine
Director: Lina Wertmüller
Cast: Luigi Diberti, Nino Bignamini
Italy | 1974 | 105’ | In Italian with English subtitles | DCP | Colour
11/11 (Fri) - 7:45pm
22/11 (Tue) - 7:45pm
Gigi and Carletto, two Southern country boys who travel north to get work in Milan. Arriving with nothing but the clothes on their backs, they join the labour movement and live in a communal home with other migrant workers, including some combative love interests. Their dreams of wealth devolve into a series of slapstick adventures, from an uproarious attempt at petty crime to the daily indignities of life in a restaurant kitchen.
In true Lina Wertmüller style, this outrageous tragicomedy takes a cynical approach to the fish out of water formula, depicting city life as an endlessly despairing rat race that forces everyone to prioritise money over all things. It shows that the hyper-commercialism of urban life corrupts everyone in different ways. However, Wertmüller’s manic approach to the material employs slapstick humor to keep a sharp focus on satire instead of tragedy, resulting in a buoyantly funny film that seems to be an intentional antithesis to the sobering tone of Italian neorealist films.
Co-Presenter: Hong Kong Arts Centre, Italian Cultural Institute Hong Kong & Macau
In collaboration with: Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong
Associated programme: Italy-China Year of Culture and Tourism, Italia Mia
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